Hog-box



A. HIDY HOG BOX.

APPLICATION HLED 00127, 1919.

Patented July 26, 1921.

, ALFRED HIIJY, oranrrnnsoivvrnrn, OHIO, nssreivon or onn-narrlroaonlvH."

HID-Y, or URBANA, 01110.;

ome; 1

ta plicaii fi fiiea October-27, 19119. sr ai 3533.444. To all Ifextending arms having their] free ends 7 I Be it knownthatLA'LrnnoHInY, acltionnected to an end -gatel2. The forward zenoftheUnited States, IQSldlDg'Ett .Jeiferend of the top of the structureis'covered by sonville, in the'coun ty of Fayette and State slatssecuredto"cross pieceslfl, leaving the w of.Ohio; haveinventedlcertainncwand usetop open at the ,rear so that the end gate 60,fullmp'rovements in Hog-Boxes," of whlch :12 may be swung toithepositionshown in the following is a specification. v fdotted lines Fig. 1 toallow a hog to be My invent-ion relates to limprovements in drivenintothe hoxand again'sw'un-g to the boxes for' confining hogs forthepurpose of position shown in full lines lto close the ringing orother operations p; M m rear end'of the box. t An object of my inventionis to devise a Locatedjat theforward end of the box box of the characterrejferred to which will aretwohead clamping members 15" and 16. besimple in its construction; economical in The clamping member 15" isstationarily se- 1 manufacture and effective for the purpose cured to anupperslotted bar 17 and also for which it is designed. to a lowerslotted bar 18 secured to the forr A further object of my invention isto pro- Tward upright 10. The clamping member 16 vide a structure ofthischaracter, the end is movable, the lowerend being pivoted as gate ofwhich is so designed as to be used at v19 in the slotted portion ofthelower as a cut-off to prevent the entrance of more bar 18, while theupper end thereof is free than one hog at a time into the box. toshde inthe slotted portion of the bar 17,

A further object of my invention is to being providedwith a handleportion 16. provide an arrangement for resisting the The adjacent edgesof .the clamping Inemefforts of the hog to release its head from hersare concaved so as to conform to the the clamping device at the forwardend neck of the hog. 1 of the box.

Other objects of my invention will appear is placed in proximity to thedoor of a pen. from the accompanying drawings and de- 1n WhlCh may beconfined a number of hogs, scription. and so soon as one hoghasbeendriven into In the drawings the box the end gate 12 is thrown downto In the operation of the device, the box Figu 1 is a longitudinalsection ofa closed position to shut off any attempt of structureembodying my improvements. another hog crowding into the box. The 1 Fig.2 is a view of theforward end of floor is then-rolled forwardly on therolls 7 the same. I until the head of the hog is forced between Fig. 3is a view of the rear end of the the clamping members so that it may besame. clamped by the movablemember 16; a series Referring to thedrawings,- 1 represents of openingsl'? being provided in the bar uprightposts, to the inner sidesof which are 17 to register with correspondingopenings secured the sides 2 and 3 of the structure, in the clampingmember 16 so that a pin the posts having their lower ends secured may beinserted to hold the clamping memto runners 4. The side 3 is providedwith her 16 in different positions of adjustment. a door 5 at theforward end thereof to per- If desired, the forward end of the floor 8mit egress of the animals. after being opermay be provided with a ring 8to which is ated upon. attached a rope forthe purpose of pulling Therunners 4 are connected by crossthe floor, and this ring, abutting ablock 20, strips '6 and also have journaled therein a also acts as astop against rearward movewe pair of rollers 7 upon which is mounted ament of the floor beyond a certain limit. floor 8. The runners arepreferably extend-' By reason of the movable floor, which is uned beyondthe forward end of the box, the confined in its movement in eitherdirection upper edges of the extended ends having. 1. after it has beenmoved forwardly to a posisecured thereto strips 9 to form guides fortion whereby the head of the hog may be the floor, the floor beingotherwise guided secured, the hog is unable to brace himself by thelower edges of the side walls. for the purpose of attempting to pull itsSecured to the floor near the rear end head out of the clamp, as thestrain of the thereof are two upright posts 10', to the upfeet of thehog upon'the floor only tends per ends of which are pivoted rearwardlyto cause the floor to move forwardly and the tom. In certain operationsit is desirable tor: lay the ox on its side and by hzwing'thei sides soformed,ia tionfor the hog is obtained when the box is;

: end gate 12oonseqnent1y when it is swung 1 in position;

1.: In a .strnetnre jor' the character de-,

serib'ed,.- a. floor, sidej wane, a top' partially V believe a tendeneyto shove the hog forwardly. 1 It 'wilihe noted jthat' structure is Widerat the top than at the hot more comfortableposi-- so placed. end gatecloses the open {portion of the top upwardly line position so that-whenthe its side ,the end gate I fining the hog}, In this position 0 "thebox, one of the hindlegs 'of the hog is prei erabiy seenred to at ring,not shown,: sides of the box to assist in holdingither-hog be: is 1nd onHaving "the side walls and their supports flare outwardlylsowthat the-Also, it will 'b e noted that the" to theldotte'd,

ononefof the i v i my he'nddthis 13th thus described my 'i-nvention, I

covering thereof open, end a pivoted end gate at ranged to swing'npwa'rdiy' and aline' itself with sitid top -to saidstruoture e v e e f2. In stri'ietnre ofwthe character 'de fsoribed, "outwardly flaring sidew2t11s, a floor" movable- Iongdtndinall j clamping device at the saidstructifrebiit l eavingthe rear I p close the 'open port on of struetura pii otedend gatesnpported at,

the rear end of saidfloor',

ners, supporting sfldiPMt all of the parts .be la d; on its sideso zisIntestimony" Lof October, 1919. Q

W'itnesses r n ,J ER Mo r. Gr, ORE-AMER." j f hereof; l ha vejrfher'eiinto set endfa pai'r of run-1' 35' fbeing confined withintheside' weilsso that 1 P s ti s ipper d, 7' 1 A Fn n 111mg; 1;

so 'ofthe struotureiar forward endof said

